Friday, August 15, 2014

CUC Arrives...

So my CUC - aka clean-up crew - arrived this morning from Blue Zoo.  They shipped the critters overnight with FedEx, and it wasn't cheap mind you, but they were here all the way from California around 9am.  I thought folks might be interested in how they are packed for their journey.
The box as it arrived... time to open!

Everything is packed in this nice styrofoam container

All the critters are bagged in one big bag...

The critters are bagged per species..


Tops cut off of each for drip acclimatization  
I did a drip acclimatization for about 30 minutes, slowly adding water from the tank, and then added the critters to their new homestead.  Once they were in the tank, the snails sprang to life... four of them are already up the tank walls.  And the hermit has moved around a bot as well.  Thinking that I may have lost one snail, not sure yet, but they all look healthy.

the tank has been cloudy all day long... curious what the chemistry levels will show later tonight.  I am planning on my first water change of about 20% in the next day or so.

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